Search & Reunion, Find Birth Parents or Adopted Child

I always knew that I was adopted. I can’t remember when my parents told me, it was just always a piece of my identity. “My name is Vale

All adoptee reunions carry emotional weight. Unfortunately not all reunions end in happy tears and warm embraces like on TV. Every adoptee situatio

A story of triumph and love. That is the story of Joel De Carteret. One morning, when he was five years old, upon his awakening went looking for hi

I had always been curious growing up. My parents never hid from me the fact that I was adopted, and they tried to answer what they could whenever I

Dear Mom and Dad, I love you more than words could ever say. I am thankful and grateful for the life you gave me. It must take a lot to raise anoth

Success is a wonderful word, especially when it concerns an adopted person seeking information about her biological parents. After a very long sear

A time may arise during your search for family that has you ponder the need for help. It certainly did for me. I had taken an Ancestry DNA test and

In the city of Lima, Peru, Mary Ellen solemnly promised Jessica, her adoptive daughter’s birth mother, to reunite mother and daughter. That promi

I recognize that through an adoption journey, the adopted child is the most important person in the adoption triad, and the one with the least amou

We all love a beautiful reunification story, right? It feels good to see adoptees finding their long-sought after birth families, then the first gl

Over the years, I went back and forth on the decision to search for my birth parents. I considered many different scenarios. What if they didn’t

Many adoptees are curious about their roots, but often don’t have options in terms of receiving information that will help them to uncover them b

Take a look at this BuzzFeed story about Jazmin and her younger brother, Jibril. When Jazmin was a little girl, her father (with whom she lived wit

Connecting with my birth family has been both rewarding and extremely difficult for me.  I always knew that I was adopted. It was normal for me. I

Samantha always knew she was adopted, so when her curiosity kicked into high gear, she logged on to the Adoption Reunion Registry and immediately g

“You need to know where you came from,” says 58-year-old William Taylor. William is an adoptee, but didn’t know it until he came across his o

In this age of open adoption it’s rare to find advocates of closed adoptions. It’s equally difficult, among all the joyful stories shared about

Before embarking on any new emotional journey, it is important to take a personal inventory. You should consider what expectations you have and whe

As the former Executive Director of Joint Council on International Council Children’s Services and as the Founder of Trustify, a technology platf

We all knew it was coming, but I didn’t expect it to be during this episode. It caught me off guard and I was unprepared for the emotions since I